This is the first of three programs which take an in-depth look at the Anthology of American Folk Music™, an award-winning collection edited by Harry Smith as a commissioned project by Folkways, and ...

Joe Hickerson, a beloved archivist at the Library of Congress, died last week in Portland, Oregon. He was 89. For more than three decades, he worked to preserve America's collection of folk music. NPR ...

The folk duo The Milk Carton Kids, composed of Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale, play Harris Concert Hall at 8 p.m. Saturday. The band has been nominated for four Grammys.

Timing can be a fickle thing in the music industry, which would explain why a pioneering folk icon left this world just as his prolific catalogue was reaching a brand new audience. Prior to the singer ...

A longtime music festival is ready to give up the folk for the 50th year. The Eagle Creek Folk Festival will ring in half a century Sept. 13 at Eagle Creek Park. The Indiana Folk Music Society will ...

Library of Congress archivist Joe Hickerson has died at 89. For decades, he worked to preserve America's collection of folk music and served as director of the library's American Folklife Center. Joe ...